Lepisiota frauenfeldi kantarensis

Lepisiota frauenfeldi kantarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Lepisiota
Species:	L. frauenfeldi
Subspecies:	L. frauenfeldi kantarensis
Trinomial name
Lepisiota frauenfeldi kantarensis (Forel, 1911)

At a Glance

• Limited invasive

 

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Canary Islands.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• kantarensis. Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. kantarensis Forel, 1911d: 351 (w.) ALGERIA. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 227, Combination in Lepisiota)
• Forel, A. 1911f. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 47: 331-400 (page 351, worker described)
• Schifani, E., Gentile, V., Scupola, A., Espadaler, X. 2018. Yet another alien: a second species of Lepisiota spreading across the Canary Islands, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragmenta entomologica, 50: 61-64.